On the other hand Biden would get the votes of all the DC movers and shakers... every political elite would see it as a 'sure thing'... he would go down with style...
I agree with your assessment, but that won’t necessarily stop the party from doing it. But I think they would get Berned badly, by a revolt from the left, if they just chose to replace Hillary with a more viable establishment stand-in at the last second. And rightly so... how would that be “Democratic”?
Going down “with style”. That’s a great quote which I like, though I think it may actually have been coined by Buzz Lightyear.